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Early this year, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., using a new computerized scheduling system, will start moving many of its 1.3 million workers from predictable shifts to a system based on the number of customers in stores at any given time. The move promises greater productivity and customer satisfaction for the huge retailer but could be a major headache for employees.
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This is completely ridiculous. I've never had a problem with Wal-Mart's employment practices until now.
Sure, they don't pay the best - but it's completely unskilled labor, so why should they?? And they have decent benefits. But to take an employee who was working 35 hours a week for years and drop them to 12 because they refuse to work nights and weekends is crazy. They at least deserve a solid schedule.